Guy Smith ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I was scanning the 5.0 PUSH Communicator, and came across the limitations
: for outbound telnet.  Allways being one to look a gift horse in the chops,
: I'm wondering why one cannot (a) use telnet within a job, (b) redirect
: its output or (c) why the pass-through from VT sessions mucks up the
: works (I recall this being a problem with Davids version as well).
 
(a) Don't know...
(b) Don't know...
 
(c) --hp-ux--  --hp3000--     --hp-ux-
    vt3k-------VT---telnet----ux                         seems to work ok
 
    --hp-ux--  --hp3000--     --hp3000--         --hp-ux--
    vt3k-------VT------VT-----VT----telnet--------ux     seems to work ok
 
    -- MS-DOS PC -----  --hp3000--     --hp-ux--
    WRQ/Connection3000---VT---telnet-----ux              seems to work ok
                                                         as long as WRQ RNS
                                                         version is 4.02
                                                         or greater.  Previous
                                                         versions of the PC
                                                         VT emulator caused
                                                         incorrect linefeeds
                                                         after every character.
 
    I don't know about MPE/V to MPE/iX to unix...
 
Cheers,
Eero - HP CSY Networking lab, NS services.